How we face challenges in life but come through to the other side, yet there are others just like us who weren’t so lucky.
The Others
Tag: poetry
I, THE KING.
His broken hands reaching towards coins that rattle weakly inside the plastic change jar he keeps in the center console.
Lion tamer
Great Lionel was a lion tamer, bold and true star of circus, daredevil of sawdust ring Bravery second to none, hero renowned.
Poets Die (V2)
Why do poets die; linger in youth addicted to death.
The New Highway Bypasses Centerville
Small towns lose contact with the highway.
Memories
A poem about the things we remember and those we forget.
Protection or Suffocation
Musings on choices, metaphorical or philosophical; deciding between extremes.
Learning to Forgive
“Learning to Forgive” is a poem about learning to forgive an abusive father.
Different Chills
A winter poem
An American Experience
While I waited at roadside I thought,
why not try some loveliness.
Who are we?
Are we
who we were
cain’s daughter
Some sacrifices will always be unacceptable.
The Last Poem
It is written this last poem,
Words put on a page like blood on the sidewalk
Burnt Time
Life has expanded exponentially, beyond time and the mundane, beyond the universe, even beyond death itself.
Rollbacks
A poem against capitalism.
Kingdom of the Polar bear
Superb hunter on snow and ice
Roaming frozen seas